Books & DVDs

With a clear, easy-to-use format, over 200 illustrations from renowned artist Dave Hall, and encyclopedic coverage of almost everything that's important to know about fresh and saltwater fly fishing, this book will help beginners and experts alike catch more fish at home and abroad.

Softcover: 8.25" x 5.5" x 0.5"

Charlie Craven's Basic Fly Tying is a modern course in fly tying fundamentals covering the essential tools, materials, and techniques to tie a wide range of popular flies. With 1,000 photos, Craven covers cutting-edge techniques for the more tried and true classics such as the Royal Wulff, Adams, and Hare's Ear, and shared innovative approaches to current patterns such as the Brassie, RS2, and Copper John.

With clear, concise text, Craven provides tips and techniques from his over thirty years of tying flies for shops on Colorado's Front Range. This book is built on his successful tying classes, which start out with simple flies and work toward more complex patterns, all the while teaching techniques and introducing materials by tying popular patterns.

From author Jerry Darkes this is a collection patterns, and their histories, for Trout, Steelhead, Salmon, Smallmouth, Muskie, and more.

More than 600 patterns and recepies cover the historically important patterns from well-know tiers such as Schwibert and George Griffith, and Swisher and Richards, as well as flies that are on the cutting edge from tiers such as Kevin Feenstra, Walt Grau, John Kluesing, Rick Kustich, Jeff Liskay, Dave Pinczkowksi, Ray Schmidt, Greg Senyo, and Matt Supinski.

Includes Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, Canada.

Hardcover: 11.25" x 8.75" x 1"

For those of you who have never held a fly rod, you will find enough information here to get you started. You won’t be forced to discover everything all at once. If you’re already a fly rodder, you’ll find plenty of tips and techniques that you can turn to right away without going through the basics all over again. And if you’re a master angler, you will find this book a handy reference for all kinds of questions.

In this book, from one of the most creative and visionary minds in fly tying and fly fishing, author Blane Chocklett shares his tips and techniques for getting maximum movement out of these flies, both at the vise and on the water. In addition to covering popular patterns such as the Finesse Changer and Feather Game Changer, Chocklett traces the evolution of his search for the ultimate pattern, and takes readers along his journey of discovery, by beginning with his Gummy Minnow and ending the book with perhaps the most effective fly ever designed for apex predators, the Hybrid Changer.

• Step-by-step tying instructions for 20 flies
• Chapter covering hooks, shanks, brushes, and other critical materials
• Fishing techniques, including tips on retrieves and casting large flies
• Close-ups of Chocklett’s favorite patterns
• Detailed information on building brushes

From the Gummy Minnow to the Game Changer, fly tyer and professional guide Blane Chocklett has been at the fore of progressive fly design and fishing tactics for species ranging from trout to musky for over twenty years. He is an advisor for many top fly fishing and fly tying companies in the industry including Flymen Fishing Company, Temple Fork Outfitters, Yeti Coolers, Costa del Mar Sunglasses, Scientific Anglers, Patagonia, Renzetti, Sightline Provisions, Hareline, and Adipose Boatworks, and he is southeast regional editor for Fly Fisherman magazine.

Essential Techniques for Fly Fishing the Tributarties

• 86 Essential flies for Great Lakes species
• Photo sequences of casting and fishing techniques
• Detailed information on the major fisheries
• Tackle and techniques for guaranteed success
• Written by Karl Weixlmann
• Forward by Matt Supinski
• Softcover 9" x 7.25" x 0.5"

Kelly and Bob Linsenman revolutionized fly fishing with their groundbreaking book Modern Streamers for Trophy Trout in 1999.  Now Kelly Presents us with even more revolutionary strategies and patterns developed during a lifetime of intensive fishing on many of the world’s greatest trout waters.  Modern Streamers II is an entirely new approach to streamer fishing with many new innovations in patterns and comprehensive chapters on where predatory trout live and feed, and how to target them.  Modern Streamers for Trophy Trout II will change the way you think about trout and is certain to make you a better streamer angler.

Hardcover: 11.25" x 9" x 1"

The American Angler Guide to Fly Fishing for Trout provides beginning and intermediate anglers with everything they need to know in order to successfully fly fish for the most popular quarry in America. It contains the essentials of casting, the basics of both dry and wet fly fishing, a primer on various species of trout, and an overview of prime destinations for planning your trip.

Softcover: 9" x 6" x 0.5"

Tactics, fly patterns, and the passion for catching salmo, our most prized game fish. 

Veteran author, guide, consultant, and adventurer Matthew Supinski first highlights the evolution and history of the brown trout, from its orgins in Euroe and the Eastern Hemisphere to its first North American transplanting in 1883 to its spread across the globe. He then dives into the scientificc and angling brilliance of the brown trout/Atlantic salmon lineage, praising the two species' remarkable adaptability and resilience. And finally, chapters on fly fishing tactics, patterns, and more will give the reader all the information they will need to catch, admire, and appreciate this magnificent piscatorial legacy. 

Hardcover 9" x 11.25" x 1"

Want to get to know a river? These Trout Unlimited guides are the best place to start. Created specifically with the wading angler in mind, these spiral bound guides are full of access point maps, stream conditions and recommendations on fly selections.

• 17 Public Access sites on the Boardman
• 14 Public Access sites on the Jordan
• 11 local fly patterns
• Local emergence schedule

Want to get to know a river? These Trout Unlimited guides are the best place to start. Created specifically with the wading angler in mind, these spiral bound guides are full of access point maps, stream conditions and recommendations on fly selections. 

• Deward downstream to Smithville bridge
• Full color photos
• Directions to 32 different public access sites
• Hatch guide and fly recommendations

Want to get to know a river? These Trout Unlimited guides are the best place to start. Created specifically with the wading angler in mind, these spiral bound guides are full of access point maps, stream conditions and recommendations on fly selections.

Detailed directions to 52 public access sites on six Western Michigan Rivers:

• The Big Manistee
• The Little Manistee
• The Betsie
• The Platte
• The White
• The Muskegon

Want to get to know a river? These Trout Unlimited guides are the best place to start. Created specifically with the wading angler in mind, these spiral bound guides are full of access point maps, stream conditions and recommendations on fly selections. 

• Deward downstream to Smithville bridge
• Full color photos
• Directions to 32 different public access sites
• Hatch guide and fly recommendations